1997 IIHF European U18 Championship

The 1997 IIHF European U18 Championship was the thirtieth playing of the IIHF European Junior Championships. Group A Played April 12 to the 20th, in Znojmo and Třebíč, Czech Republic. Switzerland shocked everyone by opening the tournament with wins over the Czechs and the Russians. Although they tired by the end of the tournament, their win over Slovakia assured them of their first (and only) medal in the European Juniors. First round Group 1 Team SUI CZE RUS UKR GF/GA Points 1. SUI 4:3 6:2 2:4 12:9 4 2. CZE 3:4 4:4 8:1 15:9 3 3. RUS 2:6 4:4 8:2 14:12 3 4. UKR 4:2 1:8 2:8 7:18 2 Group 2 Team FIN SWE SVK GER GF/GA Points 1. FIN 3:3 5:0 3:0 11:3 5 2. SWE 3:3 6:2 6:3 15:8 5 3. SVK 0:5 2:6 7:2 9:13 2 4. GER 0:3 3:6 2:7 5:16 0 Final round Championship round Team FIN SWE SUI RUS CZE SVK GF Points 1. FIN (3:3) 8:1 4:2 3:2 (5:0) 23:8 9 2. SWE (3:3) 4:2 4:4 4:1 (6:2) 21:12 8 3. SUI 1:8 2:4 (6:2) (4:3) 3:0 16:17 6 4. RUS 2:4 4:4 (2:6) (4:4) 8:3 20:21 4 5. CZE 2:3 1:4 (3:4) (4:4) 4:2 14:17 3 6. SVK (0:5) (2:6) 0:3 3:8 2:4 7:26 0 7th place UKR 2:1(1:0, 0:1, 1:0) 2:5(0:3, 2:0, 0:2) 2:1 o.t.(1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 1:0) GER Germany, losing the best of three series in overtime, was relegated to Group B for 1998. Tournament Awards Top Scorer FINMarko Kauppinen (9 points) Top Goalie: FINMika Noronen Top Defenceman:SWEJonas Elofsson Top Forward: SUIMichel Riesen Kauppinen, a defenceman, set a record for the lowest point total to lead a tournament. Group B Played March 21 to the 30th, in Maribor and Celje, Slovenia. First round Group 1 Team NOR POL BLR SLO GF/GA Points 1. NOR 4:2 5:2 3:4 12:8 4 2. POL 2:4 7:3 4:2 13:9 4 3. BLR 2:5 3:7 5:4 10:16 2 4. SLO 4:3 2:4 4:5 10:12 2 Group 2 Team DEN HUN FRA ITA GF/GA Points 1. DEN 4:3 6:4 6:0 16:7 6 2. HUN 3:4 5:3 6:5 14:12 4 3. FRA 4:6 3:5 6:5 13:16 2 4. ITA 0:6 5:6 5:6 10:18 0 Final round Championship round Team NOR POL HUN BLR DEN FRA Team Points 1. NOR (4:2) 2:2 (5:2) 4:3 2:2 17:11 8 2. POL (2:4) 5:5 (7:3) 6:4 3:1 23:17 7 3. HUN 2:2 5:5 1:1 (3:4) (5:3) 16:15 5 4. BLR (2:5) (3:7) 1:1 4:2 8:6 18:21 5 5. DEN 3:4 4:6 (4:3) 2:4 (6:4) 19:21 4 6. FRA 2:2 1:3 (3:5) 6:8 (4:6) 16:24 1 7th place ITA 7:3(3:1, 3:0, 1:2) 7:2(3:0, 4:1, 0:1) SLO Norway was promoted to Group A, and Slovenia was relegated to Group C, for 1998. Group C Played March 12 to the 16th in Miercurea-Ciuc and Gheorgheni, Romania. First round Group 1 Team GBR EST ROM NED GF/GA Points 1. GBR 8:0 5:2 3:1 16:3 6 2. EST 0:8 3:2 8:4 11:14 4 3. ROM 2:5 2:3 5:0 9:8 2 4. NED 1:3 4:8 0:5 5:16 0 Group 2 Team LAT AUT LTU CRO GF/GA Points 1. LAT 3:3 10:2 5:1 18:6 5 2. AUT 3:3 6:1 1:0 10:4 5 3. LTU 1988 2:10 1:6 5:2 8:18 2 4. CRO 1:5 0:1 2:5 3:11 0 Placing round 7th place CRO 2:1(1:0, 1:0, 0:1) NED 5th place ROM 4:2(1:0, 1:2, 2:0) LTU 1988 3rd place EST 4:3 o.t.(2:1, 0:0, 1:2, 1:0) AUT Final GBR 4:3(0:2, 3:0, 1:1) LAT Great Britain was promoted to Group B and the Netherlands was relegated to Group D, for 1998. Group D Played in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia from March 4 to 9. The hosts completely dominated, with forward Csaba Prokec scoring 29 points in their 5 games.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1997.htm Group D 2012-10-26 2017-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20170731090354/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1997.htm dead Team YUG ESP BUL ISR ISL TUR GF/GA Points 1. FR Yugoslavia 11:0 16:2 14:2 21:0 52:1 114:5 10 2. ESP 0:11 5:3 3:3 11:6 20:3 39:26 7 3. BUL 2:16 3:5 5:3 5:2 7:0 22:26 6 4. ISR 2:14 3:3 3:5 9:5 13:0 30:27 5 5. ISL 0:21 6:11 2:5 5:9 4:2 17:48 2 6. TUR 1:52 3:20 0:7 0:13 2:4 6:96 0 Yugoslavia was promoted to Group C for 1998. References Complete results https://web.archive.org/web/20170731090354/http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/U-18_1997.htm 2017-07-31 Duplacey James Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League 1998 Total Sports 530–2 0-8362-7114-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalhockeyoffic0000unse/page/530 Junior Category:IIHF European Junior Championships Category:Znojmo Category:Třebíč IIHF European U18 Championship Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by the Czech Republic IIHF European U18 Championship Category:Sport in Maribor Category:Sport in Celje Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Slovenia Junior Category:Sport in Miercurea Ciuc Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Romania Junior Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Serbia and Montenegro Category:1990s in Belgrade Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade Junior IIHF European U18 Championship Category:Ice hockey competitions in Belgrade